Friday, 28 September 2012

I Think The Reason The ‘Guardian’ Sneers…

…is because they know that it’s still thought of much more fondly than they’ll ever be:

When the supermarket chain Waitrose challenged shoppers to "finish the sentence: 'I shop at Waitrose because …' #WaitroseReasons" on Monday, it could not have envisaged the subsequent Twitter storm as internet jokers piled in to ridicule the brand for its posh image.

Or possibly it did, as one person pointed out:

One observer said: "People are saying Waitrose don't quite get Twitter because of #WaitroseReasons hashtag. I think they do. No such thing as bad publicity."

Well, indeed!

In a rather po-faced statement…

Really? I don't read it that way.

…Waitrose tweeted: "Thanks for all the genuine and funny #WaitroseReasons tweets. We always like to hear what you think and enjoyed reading most of them."

Some of them were rather amusing:

With an eye on the quality of its grammar, one remarked: "I shop at Waitrose because …" you say "Ten items or fewer" not "Ten items or less", which is important"…

16 comments:

MTG
said...

With an eye on the quality of snobbery, one remarked: "i shop at waitrose because unlike tesco it does'nt feel like the waiting room for the jeremy kyle show..."

Let them eat cake....but I digress. Sensible shopping disposes one to rub shoulders with the likes of Penise and Jaded. I don't mind that so much as their habit of filling Waitrose bags at the Poundland checkout (shudders).

“It not being full of chavs is a good reason to shop at Waitrose. I once had a woman spit at me after trying to steal my place in the queue at the Co-op. You wouldn’t get that at Waitrose.”

I’ve never been spat at in the Co-op but I did once have to complain – quite loudly – in a branch of Spar, where a queue of 16 people was piling up behind the one operational checkout, while three other staff looked on with unshakeable indifference. I’d guess that not being spat at while shopping, and not having to remind staff that you’re waiting to give them money, is probably worth something.

The local Waitrose is situated at a major junction that sharply divides two neighbourhoods – one side of the road has designer boutiques, a specialist chocolate maker and a gunsmith. The other side is home to rundown council flats, a cheque-cashing business and garish discount stores. What’s interesting is that the people who frequent Poundland don’t ever seem to venture into Waitrose, or even into its car park, despite it being just across the road. They don’t even appear to send in the occasional scout.

I haven't bee spat on in a Co-Op but I have seen two women fight over a bottle of Liebfraumilch on Christmas Eve in the Sainsbury's in East Ham. They are classy down there. In some places people fight over cans of Tenants Super.

I shop in Waitrose because it's cheaper than my local Co-op, but then I put myself out to get there and can't rely on mini-cabs—nor do I have to rush back round the corner with fags, booze and a frozen pizza for The Jeremy Kyle show. Lefties - what utter cunts!

I've never shopped at Waitrose but might have to from now so I can run my trolley into the back of a few pretentious, snobish, Guardianista's ankles by mistake. Guardian reading lefties are such utter c*nts.

My local town is so chav-tastic that Waitrose refuse to open a store in it, despite it being in the top ten largest towns in the country. They have stores in lots of smaller towns further away, but think their image would suffer if they opened one here, much to the chagrin of my right-on friends.

Whenever I see an enricher in my Waitrose I feel like touching him to see if it will bring me luck.

The people who work in WR *seem* to like working there. TBH I live in a nice part of London, so the others are not far behind.

I get the el cheapo stuff from Lidl about two miles away. My secret is to arrive at the moment that they open their doors. Any later than that and it gets ugly. Why TF people who w/don't work like to shop on Saturdays amazes me.